THE South African Air Force has stepped in to help a young black woman achieve her dream of flying a Boeing 747 one day. Asnath Matsobane, 21, of Rosenkrans village in the Northern Province, needs to clock up 400 flight hours if she wants to fly large passenger planes, but she ran out of money after 200 hours in the cockpit. When the SAAF heard of her plight in November last year, they contacted her about placing her in its recruitment programme, which selects applicants suitable for the airforce. – African Eye News Service